From the Palais Bulles to the Miho Museum, the buildings designers are going crazy for

From Zaha Hadid’s Chanel Mobile Art pod and Pierre Cardin’s Palais Bulles, to the Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Miho Museum, designers are increasingly drawn to spectacular buildings designed by big-name architects. How couture and architecture meet.

The building: Pierre Cardin’s Palais Bulles in Théoule-sur-Mer near Cannes The architect: Antti Lova who built the organic house from 1979 and 1984 as a modern reinterpretation of troglodyte dwellings. The fashion event: Raf Simons presented the Dior Cruise 2016 collection there, May 11, 2015.

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The building: Chanel Mobile Art traveling museum The architect: Zaha Hadid who left her work to the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris The fashion event: Under the initiative of Karl Lagerfeld, the traveling pod was a showcase for the works of contemporary artists such as Yoko Ono, Nobuyoski Araki and Michael Lin, who were inspired by the legendary 2.55 bag.

The building: The Dongdaemun Design Plaza cultural center in Seoul The architect: Zaha Hadid and Samoo Architects. It was thanks to this neo-futuristic building that the South Korean city won the World Design Capital competition in 2010. The fashion event: Karl Lagerfeld presented the Chanel Cruise 2016 collection there, May 4, 2015.

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The building: Bob and Dolores Hope’s former house in Palm Springs The architect: John Lautner who designed the building in 1973, a masterpiece of Desert Modernism. The fashion event: Nicolas Ghesquière presented the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2016 collection there, May 6, 2015.

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The building: The MAMO, the Cité Radieuse art center in Marseille The architect: Ora Ïto who founded the contemporary art center in 2013 located at the top of the Cité Radieuse, a historic building by Le Corbusier in 1945. The fashion event: Longchamp shot their Spring/Summer 2015 campaign with Alexa Chung there and the label JOUR/NÉ designed a capsule collection with the art center for summer 2015.

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The building: The Aqua installation at Dover Street Market in London The architect: Zaha Hadid who was inspired by the geometric curves of the London Aquatics center for the spectacular structure built in 2012. The fashion event: The most fashionable concept-store in the capital called on Zaha Hadid to decorate the boutique for the London Olympics in 2012.